banes

noun

plural of bane
1
as in curses
a source of harm or misfortune regarding the new laborsaving machinery as a bane, the 19th-century Luddites went about destroying it in protest

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2
as in poisons
a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing a plant that is believed to be the bane of the wolf

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Recent Examples of banes The actresses play the delightful mother-daughter duo Angela and Ainsley — who are oftentimes the banes of Tommy's (Billy Bob Thornton) existence — in the Taylor Sheridan series. — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025 But along with ready cash, the laissez-faire approach brought the banes of corruption, criminal infiltration, and rampant pollution. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025 The aforementioned around-town mileage, for example, was one of the biggest banes of the Jeep owner's existence. — New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2025
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  1. curses
  2. poisons
  3. threats
  4. diseases
  5. toxics
Noun
  • Directed by Sébastien Vanicek (2023’s Infested), the follow-up to 2023 reboot Evil Dead Rise stars Wednesday‘s Hunter Doohan in a story about curses lingering too long in a family and the undead that haunts them.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 July 2026
  • Morgan and her Judgment Day cronies tried to bribe Danhausen to put curses on their opponents.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026
Definition of curses
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  • The Ojai Raptor Center said test results are still pending for possible exposure to lead, zinc and rodenticides, commonly known as rat poisons.
    — Rene Ray De La Cruz, USA Today, 22 July 2026
  • Kara’s after Krem, too, after the space pirate poisons Krypto the Superdog and has the antidote to save him.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Definition of poisons
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  • Living in Alpine, Anderson has had to evacuate his home because of wildfire threats, and noted that CalFire, the county and the community learned from the fires and are much better prepared now than in the past.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026
  • Starmer’s finance minister, Rachel Reeves, was ousted, replaced by John Healey, a former defense secretary who resigned in June and accused the Treasury of failing to spend enough on the military at a time of rising threats.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Definition of threats
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  • Similar models exist in other countries and are seen as important to accelerating breakthroughs and administering life-saving treatments especially for rare diseases, where there is little commercial incentive for research.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • Twins Hudson and Hailee each have rare diseases (Trisomy 9p and FBX011), and Max has Down syndrome.
    — Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Definition of diseases
Noun
  • In late May, about 50,000 people in Orange County were evacuated because, at a Garden Grove site operated by GKN Aerospace, tanks holding a volatile hazardous chemical called methyl methacrylate were at risk of exploding or leaking toxics.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • Munoz is an independent toxicologist working in collaboration with MAHA against pesticides and toxics.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Definition of toxics

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